ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto speaks with Justin Gaethje about the state of the lightweight division after UFC 257, where Dustin Poirier knocked out Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler beat Dan Hooker in his UFC debut. Gaethje explains why (3:50) he loved seeing McGregor lose and strongly disagrees that “The Notorious” deserves a rematch for the lightweight title. Gaethje also describes his timeline to return to the Octagon and discusses potential fights vs. Chandler, Nate Diaz and Charles Oliveira.
Roy Jones Jr. suffered his third consecutive, and most brutal loss today in Moscow, Russia at the hands of Denis Lebedev.
The once former great boxer was knocked out in the 10th round of a non title fight.
Jones was leaning against the ropes when Lebedev caught him with an overhand right, followed by two right uppercuts. At that point Jones was out on his feet, leaning forward, but the referee didn't step in as he should have and Lebedev then hit him with another hard punch that sent the former world champion crashing face first to the canvas.
After several tense minutes with Jones lying motionless on the ground he was able to make it to his feet.
Jones was gracious in defeat, giving the Russian credit for landing a great punch.
"It was a great shot, I can't take nothing away from him, he was a tough competitor," Jones said.
Most expect Jones to retire, but he said he wasn't sure if he would.
"I really don't know what I'm going to do now," he said. "I'm going to think about it."
At this point in his career there really is nothing left for the 43-year old Jones to fight for. He doesn't have the skills he used to and should get out of the game while he still has his health.
Video After The JumpLooks like these dudes were just messing around talking sh*t to each other when the white one word too many.
Who knows if he talks like that around this crew a lot, but on this day he got his a** whooped.
After dude gets up from being laid out, the expression on his face is priceless.
Bet he won't be at their next studio session.
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